I have tried several times in the past to write a song for
weddings,
but this is the first one I have been able to complete !!

Three recent events helped shaped this
song.
The engagement of our youngest daughter, hearing the vows given at
the wedding
of two church friends and the recent the royal wedding in England.

1) Our daughter and her new fiancÚ, in their Facebook
engagement announcement,
used the phrase "Excited
for our next adventure!"

2) Our church friends included the word 'honor' in their
vows,
prompting me to add that word in the second verse.

3) Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle did not write their own vows, and instead
said
traditional vows like royal brides and grooms of years past. The royal
couple said
their “I dos” in front of 600 guests at St. George’s Chapel. As the
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby officiated, the couple
made the same vow to
one another as they held hands.

Harry recited first: “I Harry, take you, Meghan, to be my
wife,
to have and to hold from this day forward,” he said.
“For better, for
worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health,
to love and to
cherish, till death us do part; according to God’s holy law.
In the presence of
God I make this vow.”

Meghan made the same vow as her new husband, saying:
“I
Meghan, take you, Harry, to be my husband, to have and to hold
from this day
forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,
in sickness and in
health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part;
according to God’s holy
law. In the presence of God I make this vow.”
(from a story by Diana Pearl)

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to duplicate and share this song for all "not-for-profit" purposes
(ie. corporate worship, overheads, songbooks, web sites, give-away copies).
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